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The Nanny Diaries is a popular 2002 novel by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, both former nannies who use the book to satirize upper class Manhattan society. __TOC__

Synopsis

Summary

The Nanny Diaries is the story of a young NYU student working to put herself through school. The story opens at the start of Nanny's senior year. She's 21, living with a flight attendant roommate in a studio apartment and money is tight. She was working as a nanny for another family but they moved to London over the summer. She places an ad to find another position but a chance encounter in the park lands her a position with the X family caring for their young son Grayer. What at first appears to be just another normal nanny position soon turns into the job from hell as Nanny struggles to balance the stress of both her senior course load and caring for Grayer amid the chaos of his parents' crumbling marriage and selfish attitudes towards their child. The book is divided into sections by season and takes place from September through June.

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Characters

Nanny

Nanny is the story's protagonist. She's a 21 year old NYU senior majoring in Child Development and minoring in Gender Studies. She has been working part time as a nanny to pay her way through school. Nanny lives in a studio apartment with Charlene: a flight attendant whom she does not particularly get along with. Nanny is close to her Grandma and her parents plus her two best friends Sarah and Josh.

Grayer Addison X

Grayer is Nanny's 4 year old charge. He is a typical 4 year old who loves toys, playing at playgrounds with other children and snack foods. Grayler carries around a tattered business card of his absentee father and gets very upset if the card is separated from him. Nanny calls him "Grover" in reference to Sesame Street or "G".

Mrs. X

Socially prominent wife of Mr. X. Attended Connecticut College, majoring in Art History. Became assistant curator of New York's Gagosian Gallery, where, via his acquisitive first wife, she met Mr. X. They proceeded to have an affair, with Mr. X eventually divorcing his wife (by then, practically a psychological disaster because of increasing proof of her husband's infidelity) and married, producing Grayer.

Mr. X

"Harvard Hottie"

Charlene

Hairy

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